Filmmaker, archivist and native New Yorker Djali Brown-Cepeda on creating 'Nuevayorkinos', a digital archive of Latino and Caribbean history.
, Henry Chalfant, Joseph Rodriguez, Joe Conzo Jr., Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt, Nan Goldin, and Bruce Davidson. Other photographers whose work I gravitate to are Gordon Parks, of course, James Van der Zee, Joan E. Biren, Stefan Ruiz, Rahim Fortune, Juan Brenner…. Can you talk about this photo and how it set the tone for the project?
As first, second, third-generation immigrant communities, there are similar thematics that arise: migration, adapting to life, navigating society's expectations, the battle against assimilation, seeing snow for the first time. But what connects all of these stories is that they're all centered in love: love for one's family, one's friends, and one's community.
This is a localized project: there are glimpses of bright orange subway seats, the Manhattan horizon and the Circle Line, amongst other urban specificities. What does New York as a place symbolize to this project? The images are offset with reminiscences. Is there anything that felt especially impactful to receive? Or anything truly unexpected?
Yes, I curate the page as I curate the shows. My partner in life and love Ricardo Castañeda — the Creative Director of Nuevayorkinos — and I usually co-curate the physical shows. As a graphic designer, his eye catches things that I wouldn’t necessarily think of, like placement of different frames next to one another and the position of certain images themselves. The photos from the Bronx Documentary Center show were received via Open Call submission.
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